Finished another skirt! While I was about to put it on to take picture I was going to iron some creases out. You wouldn't believe it...the damn thing melted. Luckily it was up towards the top so I only had to take half of the top out and pulled the melted part up. So, the top tier in the front is about an inch and a half shorter than it was previously. Thank god it didn't make it too short, the bottom layer isn't totally full, it is sewn on to a lining.
Well, the most time consuming thing about this skirt was the design stages. Took me a long time to figure out what I could do with the amount of fabric I had (not much) and the shape of the pieces, etc. The previous skirts have been easy because I didn't have to do much drafting of a pattern, it was pretty much just a piece of fabric with one seam and 'pleat this enough to fit around my waist' mentality. Well, this fabric I suppose could have done that, but it was very plain, there isn't a design on the vast part of it, just the border. So, something different.
Went through a bunch of different designs (all mostly the same, small differences)before I came to this one. The back came out sort of like a bustle. It wasn't really intentional, but there wasn't anything I could do about it, and it eventualy grew on me. It would look better if it were hemmed again, there is just a really thin hem on the bottom, but unfortunately, I didn't make it long enough for a real hem :P There goes my 'planning'
That last one is just better lighting to see the border.
I'm glad it came out and I like it...but I'm still deciding if I like it. Does that make sense? Ah well, whatever.
I have some more fabric I'm going to make another one out of (Joann's was having a huge sale, so I stocked up. SO CHEAP. And then I'll have an entire stock of Indian inspired skirts and won't need ANY more), but I need the lining to start it and Hobby Lobby is closed, so I have to wait until tomorrow. I could work on the other skirt that I'm half finished with, but I'm hesitant about cutting into the fabric. Usually I'm not, but I love this fabric and I usually have a pattern to follow, which I don't this time...so....I'm a little scared. I'll get over it eventually.
~Nikki
Oh, and I made those pumpkin rolls, damn, they cam out huge, it could have made twice as many smaller ones, probably would have kept me from eating an entire bloody roll. I may have to bring some to my sister and her boy. Just to keep me from eating them. I'll post the recipe later! They turned out delicious.
